It’s been such a pleasant birthday 🥰

Jesus Year. So proud of this kid. Still flipping tables. Still making new joy. Here’s to 33 years of miracles 🥰🥳✨

Bae got me some really nice minestrone soup last night & I'm highkey still thinking about it this morning. Bless that man.

I think this book is wrapping itself up.

"Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on..."

Trying not to think about or externalize my circumstances is making my list of tolerances & physical sentences real short.

Ancestors would find a way to get me up to see this blood Corn Moon eclipse.

The Moon looks gorgeous.

Once again, I’m begging for us to let the “People are homophobic because they’re secretly gay” narrative go. While that may be true in some cases, a lot of people are just homophobic because they’re ignorant idiots. Automatically conflating homophobia with “undercover gayness” needs to stop.

I’m so fucking over today.

For someone that spent 20 years in school & 3 more teaching it post-grad, I’m actually surprised some days I don’t resent it more for how much it has stressed me out 🫠

As someone that had a grading scale that went like this thru high school— A | 93-100 B | 85-92 C | 77-84 D | 70-76 F | 69 and below —I might still have hair if I had this updated scale. I didn’t make my first “B” until seeing semester my freshman year of undergrad. It fucked with my head so bad.

Birth month. Hello, September 💛

Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."

Mega Victreebel being an acid reflux pitcher plant with indigestion has me screaming. Hot girl with a stomach ache right ahead of Virgo Season? I kinda love it 😂

She a singer?

As a TRIO alum, I wish I had enough words for my disdain of this administration’s treatment of education.

Wow this is just nasty

LOL.

No amount of sweeping & mopping counteracts the sheer amount of dust my building’s pest control staff bring in on their boots 😵‍💫

Target's CEO is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer as sales continue to plunge

If animal technically includes human too, call me Eliza Thornberry.

Finally through with this Spotify subscription. I do wish Apple Music were just a bit louder though. 😕

I know I’m a practicing member of The Woo² but the feeling that Spirit be on the 1s & 2s while I’m meditating feels more accurate than simply attributing it to the algorithm. Like, how I’m tryna see myself through a legit rough moment & then Gladys’ “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” starts playing? 😭

“I’ve really got to use my imagination to think of good reasons to keep on keepin’ on…”

Any US museum or history class/course would be remiss in not underscoring this for American children, let alone adults. Understanding & acknowledging slavery is absolutely foundational for & integral to grasping the society we live in today & the "future" that person is talking about.

Key point: chattel slavery made possible much of the economic "success" of the United States; slavery is deeply imbricated w/ the rise of US (& global) capitalism. The richest northern (New York) & southern (Mississippi) states on the US Civil War's eve became so largely thanks to chattel slavery.

Snopes, May 21, 2020: "Trump has used the absentee voting system in at least three elections...."

Release your inhibitions. 🚲

Had a GREAT talk with my daughters about AI this morning. We watched this video from Curiosity Theory after the chat, and I recommend folks check it out as a framework for navigating digital/media literacy

A longer version - The Black women just being supportive and teaching the baby. This really warms my heart 🥹

Me, resisting the urge to reply “YOU SHOULDN’T BE FUCKING USING IT ANYWAY” when I’m subjected to y’all complaining about AI not fulfilling your prompt correctly:

Cardi look tf good.

If you love me, say it. If you trust me, do it. If you want me, show it. If you need me, prove it.

Too late to be questioning my life choices & too early to be drinking tea over anime about them but here I am.

The way I keep finding new grays is sending me.

I talked with James Jones, who is fighting to find a new location for his all-Black boys gymnastics team so the program can continue to change lives

🤗🤗🤗👌🏾

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me: “Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

In books researching typefaces like I'm a design apprentice <><><><>

I'm so tired of finding more things that I can't eat.

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Interview with the Ponk

Deliver Us from Ponks

I hate that I’m sad & feel like I’m struggling to make sense of my life rn.

This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday. It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever. I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.